Retirement Is The Wrong Word The financial planning industry, and perhaps our culture as a whole, needs a better word to describe people of a certain age -- and retired is not it! Here are some suggestions.

To Google or Not to Google According to The Oxford English Dictionary, you can now Google away to your heart's content. But verbing isn't always a good thing. Is Google doomed to become just another word in the dictionary?

The Web, Take Two Inventive wordsmiths are constantly forging new additions to the lexicon by blending words and creating neologisms out of thin air. The tech buzz currently manufacturing new words is Web. 2.0. So, what the heck is it?

Just Can't Get You out of My Head Like a catchy tune that you just can't shake, Earworms Musical Brain Trainers layer basic foreign words and phrases over pleasant instrumental tracks. After listening to the songs a few times, you'll find that you've picked up some useful lingo.

Metaphorically Speaking Despite the obvious communicative advantages, there is also significant risk in using metaphors and analogies to describe financial markets and other complex phenomena. Financial advisers need to exert caution when speaking with clients.